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Preserving Born Digital Collections

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Course description

As more and more content is created and maintained in digital formats, it is important to begin thinking about what to preserve and how to preserve it. This workshop focuses on the issues of selecting an appropriate preservation strategy for born digital material, maintaining materials in a digital archive or institutional repository, and the role of policies and metadata in preservation options.

What you will learn

  • Understanding of the concepts of the OAIS reference model including structure, reliability and authenticity of digital material and how they relate to preservation;
  • Understanding of the available options for creating a preservation archive; and
  • Ability to make appropriate preservation decisions for born digital materials.

Course details

Duration: 1 Day

Fee:
$75 Western Members
$125 All Others

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